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Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.
Benedictine monks cell dependent on York Benedictine Priory; founded after 1100 by Richard Malleverer; alien house: dependent on Marmoutier c.1110; dissolved c.1414; granted to King's College, Cambridge; foundation possibly associated with the 12th century rebuilding of St Martin's parish church
Benedictine nuns probably founded before 1147 by Peter de Hoton (Hutton), confirmed by his lord, Roger de Mowbray; with regular priests or brethren from unknown date to after 1306; dissolved August 1536; granted to Thomas Culpeper 1540/1; house named 'Arden Hall' built on site, incorporates monastic remains (a chimney)
Cistercian nuns (community founded at Hutton c.1162); transferred from Nunthorpe c.1189: granted land here by Guy de Bovincourt; with regular priests or brethren from before 1197 to after 1239; dissolved 1539; granted to Ralph Bulmer and John Thynde 1544/5
St Mary ____________________ Baysdale Priory; Base Dale Hoton Priory
Cistercian monks alien house: cell or grange(?) dependent on Bégard; founded between 1216 and 1272 (during the reign of Henry III); dissolved c.1414; granted to Eton College
The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ Begare Priory
Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire); (community founded at Embsay 1120); transferred from Embsay 1154-5 (1151, or 1150-9) with the consent of Alice de Rumilly, patroness; founded 1154; independent from 1194/5; dissolved 29 January 1540; granted to Henry, Earl of Cumberland 1541/2; part of church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary
Premonstratensian Canons daughter house of Durford(?), Sussex; (community founded at Swainby before 1188 (c.1187)); transferred from Swainby 1197-1202, built by Ralph Fitz Robert, Lord of Middleham; dissolved 1536; part of abbey guest-house incorporated into a house
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of Charity, Coverham ____________________ Corham Abbey
Cistercian nuns founded 1170 (during the reign of Henry II), built by Warnerus Dapifer, Earl of Richmond; dissolved 1538-9 (1537); granted to John Aske 1541/2; became part of the manor of Ellerton; now in private ownership without public access
St Mary ____________________ Priory of Ellerton in Swaledale; Elreton Priory
Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire); founded late-1120/early-1121, site and church of the Holy Trinity, Skipton granted to Reginald, prior, by William Meschin and his wife Cecilia de Rumilly; transferred to Bolton 1154-5 (1151, or 1150-9); quarried for use in Embsay Kirk, built c.1780, and a number of outhouses
Savignac monks daughter house of Byland; founded 1145, land granted by Acharius Fitz Bardolph (Akarius fitz Bardolf) Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147; joined by monks from Stocking 10 March 1150; later boarded at Stocking; transferred to Jervaulx 1156 by Conan, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond; became an estate of Jervaulx, known as 'Dale Grange'; 13th century window incorporated into outbuilding of Chantry Farm
The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ de Caritate
Benedictine nuns founded c.1200(?) (during or before the reign of John) probably by a member of the de Colville family; dissolved after 1349, possibly died out during the Black Death
hermitage for priests and brothers founded 1109-14; Benedictine monks cell ('quasi-cell') dependent on Whitby; after a few years the brothers were received as monks when they transferred to Whitby; described as a farm called 'Abbot House'
Grandmontine monks alien house: dependent on Grandmont; founded c.1204, site granted by Johanna, daughter of William Fossard; became denizen: independent from c.1394-5; dissolved 1536; granted to Edward Wright 1543/4
Saxon Benedictine? monks and nuns founded before 680 by St Hilda; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870 Benedictine monks — from Whitby cell founded c.1095 St Peter's church granted to Whitby by William de Percy; community located here briefly in 11th century because of coastal pirate raids; retained as a cell; dissolved 1539; Parish Church of St Peter incorporates Saxon features
possibly initially Benedictine nuns(if so, no record of when order changed) Cistercian nuns founded 1133 (1139) by William fitz Richard de Percy of Dunsley; dissolved 1539; granted to Ambrose Beckwith 1543/4
hermitage founded between 1160 and 1184, land granted to Gilbert, monk of Marmoutier by Bertram Haget, confirmed by his son Geoffrey, witnessed by Clement, Abbot of York; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1218 by Alice, granddaughter of Bertram Haget and wife of Jordan de S Maria; dissolved 1535; granted to James Gage 1539/40; remains incorporated into buildings of Manor House Farm
St John the Evangelist ____________________ Healaugh Priory; Helagh Park Priory
hermitage before 1138; Savignac monks — from Furness, Lancashire (Cumbria) via Calder daughter house of Furness; founded 1138, land granted by Roger de Mowbray; transferred to [Old] Byland 1143; Augustinian Canons Regular — from Bridlington, (Yorkshire) temporary establishment whilst new abbey at Newburgh was under construction, 1143-45; became grange of Newburgh; dissolved 1539; farmhouse built on site
Cistercian nuns possible priory founded c.1162 by Ralph de Nevill transferred to Nunthorpe c.1167; apparently medieval, possibly monastic remains incorporated into house called 'Home Farmhouse'
Cistercian monks from Fors daughter house of Byland; (community founded as Savignac at Fors 1145); founded here 1156 by Conan, Duc de Bretagne, Duke of Richmond; dissolved 1537; granted to Matthew, Earl of Lenox 1544/5; now in private ownership with public access
The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ Joreval Abbey
Cistercian nuns founded before 1135 (during the reign of Henry I[note 1]) by Robert de Stuteville; convent established by 1142-3; priory founded 1154-66[note 2]; dissolved August 1535; granted to Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland 1538/9; house built on site before 1695; modern house now on site
St Mary ____________________ Duna Priory; Keldon Priory
Crutched Friars founded before 1310, granted land and chapel; dissolved before 1315: William Greenfield, Archbishop of York, prohibited completion of buildings 1312 and use of chapel 1314-5
Premonstratensian Canons cell of West Dereham, Norfolk; founded before 1189: church of St James granted to Dereham by Adam fitz Adæ; dissolved 1539; current church of St Michael the Archangel possibly the conventual church
Saxon monastery traditionally founded before 664 by St Cedd; (previously considered to have been the monastery of Laestingaeu, which is now identified as Lastingham); ruined 'minster' bought by Orm, son of Gamel who rebuilt it between 1055 and 1065 (during the reign of Edward the Confessor and Earl Tosti)
Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1122 by Walter Espec, Lord of Helmsley; planned after 1154 to convert to Cistercian as a daughter of Rievaulx with remaining Augustinians established in a new house in Linton, never transpired; dissolved 8 December 1539; granted to Henry Knyvet 1540/1; (EH)
Trinitarians founded c.1252: patronised by Richard, King of the Romans; destroyed by the Scots 1318; dissolved 30 December 1538; granted to Francis of Shrewsbury 1553; building called 'The Priory' built on early monastic foundations; remains in the garden of Abbey House
The Holy Trinity and St Robert ____________________ Knaresburgh Priory
monks — from Tilbury, Essex founded after 654 by St Cedd; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870?; Benedictine monks founded 1078, old monastery granted to Whitby by the King; transferred to St Olave's, York before 1086; conventual church in parochial use from 1228, possibly incorporating remains of Saxon monastic church
St Mary ____________________ Laestingaeu Monastery
secular college or collegiate chapel, (also referred to as a hospital) founded 1290 possibly in the chapel of St John the Baptist; granted as a chantry chapel to Jervaulx 1443 or 1444; rebuilt and used as a grange; dissolved 1537/44: monks expelled: granted to Matthew, Earl of Lennox; subsequently passed through several ownerships until 1646
Gilbertine Canons founded (c.)1150 (1147-54) by Eustace Fitz-John; dissolved December 1539; granted to Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff 1540/1; part of church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary; claustral remains incorporated into house named 'Abbey House', built late-17th century
Benedictine nuns founded 1154-8 by Roger de Aske (de Asac), confirmed by Conan, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond; suggested as being Cistercian at some point; with regular priests or brethren from 12th century to 1252; nave used as conventual church, choir as parochial church; dissolved 17 November 40; granted to John Uvedale 1545/6; conventual remains incorporated into Marrick Priory farmhouse; currently in use as an outdoor education and residential centre
Augustinian Canons Regular and Canonesses/Benedictine(?) nuns double house founded between 1141 and 1154 (during the reign of Stephen, or during the reign of Henry II) by Bertram de Bulmer; nuns transferred to Moxby before 1167; Augustinian Canons Regular from 1167; dissolved 1536; granted to the Archbishop of York 1542/3
Benedictine monks priory cell dependent on Whitby; founded c.1120-30, church of St Hilda granted to Whitby by Robert de Brus; dissolved before 1537; granted to Thomas Reve 1563/4; parish church of St Hilda built on or near site of the claustral church 1838-40 (fell into disrepair and demolished 1970s)
Carthusian monks founded 1398 by Thomas de Holland, Earl of Kent and Duke of Surrey, licence granted by the King; dissolved 1537; granted to Robert Strangeways 1540/1; (NT)
The Priory Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Nicholas of Mount Grace in Ingleby ____________________ Mount Grace Charterhouse
Knights Hospitaller founded c.1148, by (?)William Percy II; dissolved 1540; granted to the Archbishop of York 1542/3; current building of Mount St John built on site 1720
Augustinian Canons Regular — from Bridlington (East Yorkshire) via Hood founded 1142-3 (1150) by Roger de Mowbray, granted the church to canons from Bridlington temporarily established at Hood 1145; dissolved 1538; granted to Margaret Simpson and her son Anthony Bellasis; mansion named 'Newburgh Priory' built on site, open to the public
Carmelite Friars founded 1356-7, land granted by Edward III and Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham November 1356, royal licence granted 7 February 1354/5; dissolved 10 December 1538; workhouse built 1857; passed to John Dixon 1858, and subsequently passed to William Thrush Jefferson and Cuthbert Wilson and part worked as a gravel pit mid- to late-19th century; in used as a landing strip 1912-1914; workhouse passed to James O'Malley 1939 and converted to an Emergency Medical Hospital, becoming an RAF Hospital 1945 and a civilian hospital (Friarage Hospital) from 1947
Cistercian nuns founded c.1150 by Eustace de Merch and his wife Alice de St Quintin: lands granted to the prior and nuns; with regular priests or brethren to 14th century; dissolved 1539; granted to Robert Darknall 1541/2
Benedictine nuns founded c.1145 (c.1147, before 1147-53) by William de Arches and his wife Ivetta, confirmed by Henry Murdac, Archbishop of York; dissolved 1536; granted to John, Lord Latimer 1537/8; part of conventual church now in parochial use; site occupied by house built c.1660 for George Payler
Knights Templar founded c.1155 (c.1142) by Roger Mowbray; dissolved 1308-12; and passed to the Knights Hospitallers in a ruinous state 1328; site now within Temple Farm
The Chapel of Our Lady and St Catherine ____________________ Temple Dowskar; Temple Dove Skar
Knights Templar founded c.1217 by Robert, Lord Ross; dissolved 1308-12; granted to Knights Hospitallers; Knights Hospitaller dissolved 1529; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1541/2; country house named 'Ribston Hall' built on site 1674, incorporating monastic chapel, in private ownership; partly demolished c.1980
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Newcastle) founded 1257-8, attributed to Ralph fitz Randal, Lord of Middleham; dissolved 19 January 1539; granted to John Banaster and William Metcalf; remains now within a public park
Benedictine monks cell dependent on St Mary's York; founded 1100-37, granted to St Mary's by Wymar, dapifer to the Earl of Richmond, confirmed by Stephen, Earl of Brittany (Richmond); dissolved 1539; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1550/1; now in private ownership
Cistercian monks daughter house of Clairvaux; founded 5 March 1132, site granted by Walter Espec, Lord of Helmsley 1131; dissolved 3 December 1538; granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland 1538/9; (EH)
monks founded c.654-660 (before 660) by Alchfrid, King of Northumbria; Benedictine? monks c.661; destroyed by fire c.875; refounded; secular canons 10th century? destroyed c.948; secular collegiate refounded before 972; dissolved 1547; refounded as a Royal Free Chapel; episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 1876; extant
Cistercian nuns founded before 1158 (during the reign of Henry I) by Robert de Pillarton; also given as Benedictine nuns with regular priests or brethren until after 1326; dissolved 1535; remains incorporated into houses
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York) (community founded at Scarborough 1239); transferred here 1245; transferred to Scarborough 1267-72;
Cistercian monks alien house: cell dependent on Cîteau; founded before 1189: church granted to Cîteau by Richard I; monks arrived by 1203; dissolved c.1407: church and manor granted to Bridlington (East Yorkshire)
Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York) founded c.1252: benefactor Isabel de Beaumont; dissolved 1539: surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover
Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of York) founded 1239 community and buildings transferred to new site at Hatterboard (Scalby) 1245; transferred from Scalby 1272; dissolved 1539
Carmelite Friars founded 1319: two houses granted by Edward II for an oratory and residence; dissolved 1539: surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover
hermitage of Benedict, monk of Auxerre 1069, purportedly arrived in England intending to found an abbey; Benedictine monks founded c.1069-70, confirmed 1070; dissolved 6 December 1539; granted to Sir Ralph Sadler 1540/1; in parochial use 1618-present
Augustinian Canons Regular cell dependent on Nostell; founded between 1100 and 1135 (before 1144[note 4]) (during the reign of Henry I), chapel of All Saints granted to Nostell by Geoffrey fitz Pain; dissolved 1539
Cistercian monks (community founded at Hood 1138); transferred from [Old] Byland 1147: land granted by Roger de Mowbray; transferred to Byland 1177; site possibly located at Oldstead Hall
Premonstratensian Canons — from Newhouse, Lincolnshire founded before c.1187 by Helewisia, daughter of Ranulph de Glanville, Justiciar of England; transferred to Coverham between 1196 (1197) and 1202 (1212-14); possibly retained as a grange thereafter
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of Charity, Swainby
Knights Templar founded 1152 by Ralph Hastings; dissolved 1308-12; granted to Lord Darcy; now incorporated into the buildings of Temple Farm and public house built on site
Benedictine nuns founded before 1180 (during the reign of Richard I) by Roger fitz Roger; with regular priests and brethren until after c.1308; dissolved 1539; granted to John Aske 1541/2; demolished 1850
St Mary ____________________ Thicked Priory; Thickett Priory
Benedictine nuns founded in Cambrai, Flanders, in 1625 for expatriate English Catholics. Fled to England after French Revolution, 1795. Sojourned in Liverpool, then Warwickshire. Settled in Stanbrook Hall, Callow End, Worcestershire, 1838. Relocated to N. Yorks. 2007
Convent of Our Lady of Consolation Stanbrook Abbey; Wass
Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on Mont-St-Michel founded before 1156; church of St Mary and manor granted, confirmed by Conan, Duc de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond; abbot's rights disputed, lost trial by combat, renounced claim 1239; church restored 1873, in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary
Knights Templar founded before 1203, manor granted by Guy de Bovincounrt with the consent of Hugh de Balliol, confirmed by the King; dissolved 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller camera; later under Beverley
monks and nuns abbey? granted to St Hilda by King Oswaldc.657; Benedictine? nuns refounded? after 664; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.867; Benedictine monks priory founded 1078 (before 1077); built on the site of St Hilda's monastery; abbey before 1109; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1550/1; (EH)
Cistercian nuns founded c.1153 by Pain fitz Osbert de Wykham; also given as Gilbertine with regular priests or brethren until 14th century destroyed by fire between 1312 and 1377 (during the reign of Edward III); dissolved 1539; granted to Francis Poole 1544; Wykeham Abbey war hospital built on site
St Mary
St Mary and St Michael ____________________ Wykham Priory
Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York) founded before 1266 by Peter de Brus, endowed by Henry III; dissolved 21 December 1538; granted to Miles Wilcock, prior, friars and novices 1539; remains possibly incorporated into house named 'The Friarage' built on site c.1770
The Annunciation (apparently) ____________________ Yarum Blackfriars
Benedictine nuns founded before 1163 by Helewise de Clere (or by Roger de Clere); with regular priests or brethren until after 1314; dissolved 1539; granted to Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff; thereafter granted to the Archbishop of York
St Mary ____________________ Little Mareis; Little Marcis
Augustinian Canons Regular (under the Limit of York) founded July 1272, Austins in York granted protection by Henry III, property granted by Lord Scrope of Upsall; dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Rawson
Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York) possibly initially housed at Goodramgate after arrival in the city transferred to new site (see immediately below)
Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York) possibly transferred from Goodramgate (see immediately above) founded 10 April 1227, chapel of St Mary Magdalene and land granted at the instance of the King; dissolved 1538
Benedictine nuns founded c.1130 (1125-33) by Thurstan, Archbishop of York; dissolved 1536; granted to Edward Shipwith 1541-2; remains existing 19th century no longer extant
Crutched Friars settled in York c.1307 (early in the reign of Edward II), but when the Archbishop of York disallowed their settling in the city they moved on c.1310
Benedictine monks priory cell dependent on Whitby; founded after 1087, granted to Whitby by William Rufus; apparently abandoned before 1536(?) and completely demolished
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York) probably founded c.1230, endowments provided by Henry III January 1236 and 1237 for building transferred to new site (see immediately below)c.1243
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York) (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.1230) transferred here c.1243; dissolved 27 November 1538; granted to Leonard Beckwith 1542/3
secular canons founded before 1069 (before 1066); partly destroyed and abandoned in siege of York by the Danes 1069; Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on Marmoutier; founded 1089 by Ralph Paynell, who restored the church; became denizen: independent 1426; dissolved 11 December 1538; granted to Leonard Beckwith 1542/3; remains incorporated into present parish church
The Priory Church of The Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York ____________________ Christ Church
Secular minster — from Lastingham founded before 1055, built by Earl Siward; Benedictine monks refounded before 1086; transferred to new site 1088-9, becoming St Mary's Abbey
Culdees? founded c.937? transferred to new site (see immediately below) after 1086
St Peter
York Monastery
Culdees? (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above)c.937?); transferred here after 1086; rebuilt by William Rufus; became St Leonard's Hospital founded before 1135, under Augustinian rule; dissolved 1540; granted to Robert, Lord Dudley; later called 'the Mint Yard' 1563-4
St Peter ____________________ St Peter's Hospital; St Leoonard's Hospital
^Keldholme Priory — foundation: W. Dugdale, (ed. by J. Caley &c) Monasticon Anglicanum, (1468); A History of the County of Yorkshire Victoria County History
^Keldholme Priory — foundation: Early Yorkshire Charters, note x, p.93-4 (Christopher N. L. Brooke)
^Richmond — Benedictine nuns: T. Tanner, Notitia Monastica, p. 672, citing Pipe Roll 18 Henry II and R. Gale, Appendix to Reg. Honoris de Richmond, p. 252
^Skewkirk Priory — foundation: W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, (1468), (ed. by J. Caley &c)
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